TUCSON, Ariz. - As coronavirus cases continue to climb in dozens of U.S. states, an emergency medicine doctor in Arizona described the “devastating” situation in hospitals and the dire toll the pandemic has taken on health care workers, who are being stretched to their limits.“We intubated a 26-year-old this last week.
We had three members of one family in an ICU. It’s devastating. It feels like people are willing to play Russian roulette with their family’s lives,” said Dr.
Brad Dreifuss, an emergency physician and public health specialist in Tucson, Arizona.The country began the month of July with cases climbing in 40 states and reported its three highest daily case totals since the pandemic began in the spring, according to data compiled.